---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/bigpowers/v/2.43.1"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/bigpowers/v/2.43.1.md"
package: "bigpowers"
report_status: "published"
title: "bigpowers@2.43.1 npm security report"
verdict: "suspicious"
version: "2.43.1"
---

# bigpowers@2.43.1 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Flagged — allowed with a warning** — Allowed by default policy, but 15 finding(s) warrant review before installing.

- **Verdict:** Suspicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Warn
- **Firewall policy:** Matched warn-list
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** None published
- **Selected version:** 2.43.1
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** Static Scan Results (rust-scanner)

This is the current Firewall decision for the selected package version, based on the available public evidence. Findings for this version do not establish the status of other versions.

Static analysis flagged 15 finding(s) at 72.0% confidence. This version is warn-only unless an AI or security-team review confirms malicious behavior.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 72.0%
- **Started:** 2026-07-02T11:03:01.344Z
- **Finished:** 2026-07-02T11:03:02.041Z
- **Download time:** 507 ms
- **Static scan time:** 189 ms
- **AI review time:** Not available
- **Total time:** 697 ms

The recorded confidence comes from the underlying analysis. Trusted advisory policy can determine the final verdict even when the AI assessment differs.

## Security analysis

No additional public attack-surface or AI-review details are available.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to bigpowers@2.43.1.

- Review the evidence and your use of bigpowers@2.43.1 before allowing it. Restrict the permissions described in this report.
- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.

## Public findings

### 1. High: Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/bigpowers@2.43.1/package.json>)

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.install = bash scripts/install.sh
```

### 2. Medium: Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/bigpowers@2.43.1/package.json>)

Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.install = bash scripts/install.sh
```

### 3. Medium: Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/bigpowers@2.43.1/package.json>)

Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = bash scripts/sync-skills.sh && bash scripts/install.sh
```

### 4. Low: Scripts Present
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Package declares npm scripts.

### 5. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** bin/bigpowers.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/bigpowers@2.43.1/bin/bigpowers.js>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L2: 
L3: const { execSync } = require('child_process');
L4: const path = require('path');
```

### 6. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%

Package source references shell execution.

### 7. Medium: Dynamic Require
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** align-grid/scripts/verify\_grid.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/bigpowers@2.43.1/align-grid/scripts/verify_grid.js>)

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L35: */
L36: const puppeteer = require(process.env.PUP || 'puppeteer-core');
L37: const path = require('path');
```

### 8. Low: Weak Crypto
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 64.0%
- **Path:** visual-dashboard/scripts/server.cjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/bigpowers@2.43.1/visual-dashboard/scripts/server.cjs>)

Package source references weak cryptographic algorithms.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1: const crypto = require('crypto');
L2: const http = require('http');
L3: const fs = require('fs');
...
L11: function computeAcceptKey(clientKey) {
L12: return crypto.createHash('sha1').update(clientKey + WS_MAGIC).digest('base64');
L13: }
...
L75: 
L76: const PORT = process.env.BIGPOWERS_DASHBOARD_PORT || (49152 + Math.floor(Math.random() * 16383));
L77: const HOST = process.env.BIGPOWERS_DASHBOARD_HOST || '127.0.0.1';
...
L100: 
L101: const frameTemplate = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'frame-template.html'), 'utf-8');
L102: const helperScript = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'helper.js'), 'utf-8');
```

### 9. Medium: Network
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references network APIs.

### 10. Medium: Environment Vars
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references environment variables.

### 11. Low: Filesystem
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 70.0%

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 12. High: Runtime Package Install
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 86.0%
- **Path:** extract-design/scripts/lib/validator.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/bigpowers@2.43.1/extract-design/scripts/lib/validator.js>)

Package source invokes a package manager install command at runtime.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1: import { execSync } from 'node:child_process';
L2: import { existsSync } from 'node:fs';
L3: import { log } from './logging.js';
L4: const BIN = 'npx @google/design.md';
L5:
```

### 13. Low: High Entropy Strings
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 55.0%

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

### 14. Medium: Ships Build Helper
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 70.0%
- **Path:** align-grid/scripts/grid\_tokens.py
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/bigpowers@2.43.1/align-grid/scripts/grid_tokens.py>)

Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```python
path = align-grid/scripts/grid_tokens.py
kind = build_helper
sizeBytes = 10021
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 15. Medium: Structural Risk Force Deep Review
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Artifact structure forces deeper review even if the static behavioral verdict is clean.

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes
- **Published lifecycle scripts:** install, postinstall
- **Dependencies:** 0
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 5
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 0

## Package metadata
- **Package:** bigpowers
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 2.43.1
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-07-02T11:02:08.785Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-02T11:03:02.041Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-09-22T20:37:50.121Z
- **Known versions:** 56
- **Latest version:** 2.88.9
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** 70 agent skills for spec-driven, test-first software development by solo developers
- **Author:** Daniel
- **Maintainers:** danielvm
- **Keywords:** skills, agents, claude, development, spec-driven, test-first, pi-package
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=14.0.0
- **Artifact files:** 366
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 1,605,698 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 1
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/bigpowers/v/2.43.1>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/danielvm-git/bigpowers>)
- [Homepage](<https://github.com/danielvm-git/bigpowers#readme>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/danielvm-git/bigpowers/issues>)
